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Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet —
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson1809–1892“The Higher Pantheism”, st. 6 (1867)
- God
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S. Thompson1937–2005
Why is it when we talk to God we’re said to be praying — but when God talks to us, we’re said to be schizophrenic?
Lily Tomlinborn 1939Contributions of Jane Wagner
- God
Lord, open the King of England’s eyes!
William Tyndale1494–1536Last reported words before being strangled and then burnt in 1536
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
Virgil70–19 BCAeneid (29–19 BC), Book VI, Line 376
I always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: “O Lord, make our enemies quite ridiculous!” God granted it.
Voltaire1694–1778Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville (16 May 1767)
- Enemies
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900